October 31, 2006, Tuesday

Pitcairn, the remote Pacific island that was settled by mutineers from the Royal Navy ship Bounty in 1789 and became a focus of attention recently when most of its men were put on trial on sexual abuse offenses, has its first female mayor, Radio New...

Seven men charged with sex crimes on this remote British colony have refused a last-minute bid to plead guilty and will stand trial starting Wednesday, Radio New Zealand reported. The men, who face 96 separate charges under Britain's Sexual Offences...

Descendants of British mutineers from the Bounty living on this remote South Pacific island were ordered to surrender their guns amid fears that a trial next month for alleged child sex offences could lead to violence. Pitcairn's 45 people have about...

August 12, 2004, Thursday

The British Pacific colony is recruiting prison guards ahead of a sex abuse trial, said officials of New Zealand's Corrections Department, which has been approached by Britain for help. Two seven-week trials of seven defendants are expected to swell...

July 7, 2004, Wednesday

Seven men accused of sex abuse in a scandal that has roiled Pitcairn Island for more than a decade will face charges there in a specially convened court, a court sitting here ruled Wednesday. The seven face charges including rape and indecent...